The Railroad Photography & Videography of Robert Pierce

Matched Set of AC6000W’s – Pic of the Day

February 11, 2010

I recently posted how UP’s 7500 series AC6000CW’s had become an endangered species. Let’s look at an action shot of them in their “prime”, hauling aggregate from Central Texas quarries to the Houston area.

A loaded aggregate train is eastbound at MP 370 of UP's Terminal Sub on March 23, 2008.

The 7500’s were originally acquired for high-speed intermodal service, but prime mover reliability issues could never be resolved by GE to UP’s satisfaction. They were re-assigned to Texas rock trains in 2006 .

They arrived in 3 groups, 10 in 1996, 45 in 1999 and the last 25 in 2001.

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I've had an interest in railroading as long as I can recall. I've created this site to share the images I've collected, along with some of my thoughts, about current and vintage railroading in the Southwest U.S.

I live in Sugar Land, a suburb of Houston, with my wife Delia. We have two sons. Andy, 23, is a Fort Worth Service Unit conductor for the UP. Eric, 19, is in his last year of the Ford Automotive Tech program at San Jacinto College.

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